Safety hanger for brake beams



Feb. '22", 1927;

1,618,706 l.. E. YHARRIS SAFETY HANGER FOR BRAKE BEANS Filed March 2, 1926 Patented Feb. 22, 1927.v

UNITED', S'EA'IEiS LAWRENCE EIHARRIS, OF SUPERIOR, 'WYOMING'.

SAFETY HANGER FOR- BRAKE BEANS.

Application filed. March 2, 1926. Serial No. 91,739.

My present invention pertains to safety hanger means for the brake beams of railway rolling stock and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous construction for they purpose indicated, as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

, In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:-

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illusio tiating my novel construction as properly applied relative to a ybrake beam and the bolster of a truck of a railway car.`

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective of the bracket support of my in'ipro-vement and the 5 keeper carried by said support.

Figure is a fragmentary enlarged perspective taken substantially at right angles to Figure 1 and showing the hanger member as properly arranged relative to the bracket support and the brake beam, the latter being i illustrated by dotted lines. y

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

I show in'Figurel one of the wheels 1 of a. railway car in proper association with a tiuck 2 and a brake beam 3, the latter being equippedV with the conventional or any other suitable shoes 4 one of which is shown in proper relative arrangement to the wheel 1.

The bolster of the truck 2 is designated by 5, and in accordance with my inventiona bracket support 6 is superposed on the bolster 5 and is fixedly or pivotally connected thereto as designated by 7, as may be deemed most expedient by the manufacturer.

The bracket support 6 is in the form of a plate and is extended from the bolster 5 toward the wheels, and Vis providedin its end adjacent to the wheels with a longitudinal notch 8. Disposed below and pivotally connected to the notched portion of 'the bracket support 6 is a keeper 9, preferably of right angle form, pivotally connected at 11 to the bracket support and designed to be detachably secured in the closed position shown in Figures 2 and 3' through the medium of a Cotter pin or any other reliable device. Y l The hanger member of my improvement is designated by 12 and is provided with a shank and with a loop, the latter being designated by-13 and having its terminal portion so disposed, Figure 1, Vthat the mouth of the loop is substantially closed, and -hence there is no liability of the brake beam 3 being casually released from the loop after the same is once litted about the brake beam'. Manifest-ly my invention contemplates the arrangement of the hanger cluding turning of the shank of the hanger member about its axis. I

It will be apparent from'the foregoing that my novel construction may be depended upon to preclude casual falling ofthe brake beam 3 and its appurtenances in the event of the usual swingable hanger means 16 of the brake beam being broken or loosened or impaired. It will also be appreciated that my novel construct-ion is simple and inexpensive, and lends itself to ready installation, and renders it feasible to quickly and easily remove the brake beam 3 and its appurtenances when such removal is desirable or necessary.

Thilo I prefer the construction herein illustrated and described, I do not desire to be understood to be limiting myself to the precise structure and relative arrangement of the parts comprised in the improvenient, my invent-ion being defined by my appended claims within the scope of which modiiications in structure and in arrangement may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by'Iietters-Pat-V ent, is

1. In safety hanger means for brakeV ster and extending beyond the same and Y having in the end of its extended portion a longitudinally disposed notch, a right angle keeper pivotally connected to the. bracket support and apertured adjacent to its free end, a device extending through the keeper and the bracket support and detachably securing the keeper in a position across the mouth of the notch, and a hanger member having a loop receiving the brake beam and also having a shank with ai head at its upper end and with a portion innnedately below said head, ot' angular erosseection, and disposed in the notch or the bracket Support Wherelo)r the hanger member is held against turningr about the axis of ila shank.

E2. Safety hanger means for brake beams, comprising a bracket support with a notch in one end thereof, a keeper carried by aaid bracket support.- anfl oqupliod to be secured in a position across the mouth of the notch so as to close said notch, and a hanger meniber having' a loop to receive a brake beam and also having a shank headed at its upper end and provided below said end with a portion adapted to be placed in the notch of the b aeket su c port.

In safety liangcr means AFor brake beams, and in combination, a truck, a brake beam, a bracket Support carried by and eX- tending laterally from a portion ol' the truck and having a notch in the end of its extended portion, a hanger member shaped to receive the brake beam and having a shank removably disposed in the end notch o? the bracket support and also having a head superposed upon said support," and means for retaining' the shank of the hanger member in the notch of the bracket support.

il( Safety hanger means :for brake beams comprisinga notched bracket support, a banner member havingY means to receive a broke beam and also having;r a shank for removable arralnamcnt in the notch of the bracket support and means to bear on said support and hohl rthe hanger member against dowmvard movement relative tothe Support, an adjustable lrcepcr carried by the bracket onpport tor retaining the shank of the hanger member in the notch olf the support`v and enfans AFor detachably securing said keeper in closed position.

ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LAVREJCE E. HARRIS 

